Mr. Hubert.

ascertain and evaluate and report upon the facts relating to the assassination of President Kennedy and the subsequent violent death of Lee Oswald.
I state to you now, Mr. Priddy, that the nature of the inquiry is to determine the facts you know about the death of Oswald and any other facts you may know about the general inquiry. In particular the ambulance call at the O'Neal Funeral Home. Now, you have appeared here today by virtue of a general request made by Mr. J. Lee Rankin, General Counsel for the President's Commission, addressed to the O'Neal Funeral Home, and asked them to produce certain documents and witnesses relevant to those documents and other matters, I take it that you have not, yourself, received a copy of that letter?

Mr. Priddy.

No, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

Let me say that under the rules of the Commission, any wit-nesses--any witness is entitled to a 3-day written notice prior to the taking of his deposition, but the rules also provide that a witness may also waive the 3-day notice if he sees fit, and I ask you now if you are willing to waive the 3-day notice?

Mr. Priddy.

Yes.

Mr. Hubert.

Will you stand and be sworn. Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Mr. Priddy.

I do.

Mr. Hubert.

Will you please state your full name?

Mr. Priddy.

Hal Arthur Priddy.

Mr. Hubert.

Your age?

Mr. Priddy.

Twenty-five.

Mr. Hubert.

Your residence?

Mr. Priddy.

1857 Swan.

Mr. Hubert.

And your present occupation?

Mr. Priddy.

Salesman for Shaw Jewelers.

Mr. Hubert.

Now, on November 24, 1963, which was the Sunday after the assassination of President Kennedy, where were you employed?

Mr. Priddy.

O'Neal Funeral Home.

Mr. Hubert.

In what capacity?

Mr. Priddy.

I was the rider. I was riding with Mike, but I just relieved----

Mr. Hubert.

You were riding with Mike whom?

Mr. Priddy.

Mike Hardin, and I just relieved the dispatcher, and he had taken my place.

Mr. Hubert.

Who was the dispatcher?

Mr. Priddy.

Wayne Wolfe.

Mr. Hubert.

So, that you were acting as dispatcher around, say 11 or 11:30?

Mr. Priddy.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

At the O'Neal Funeral Home?

Mr. Priddy.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

What are your duties as dispatcher?

Mr. Priddy.

Well, we receive incoming calls from the police department and in turn dispatch them to the various funeral homes in their district, you know----

Mr. Hubert.

You mean the O'Neal Funeral Home dispatches them, they receive calls from the police office and dispatch these calls to the various funeral----

Mr. Priddy.

You see, we have a direct line from the police department. All they do is pick up a phone and it rings and we have a direct line to the Dudley Hughes Funeral Home and to the Camp Funeral Home, so that if the call is in their area that way the ambulance will get there quicker, you know, than O'Neal's having to drive clear across town.

Mr. Hubert.

In other words, O'Neal's is sort of central for all ambulance calls----

Mr. Priddy.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

Which come to you from the police and in turn are sent out by you to the appropriate funeral home operating an ambulance?

Mr. Priddy.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

And I assume that you send the ambulance which is closest to where it is needed?